Flotsam And Jetsam by Aidan Higgins
THE BOOK: Flotsam and Jetsam is a selection of prose, some previously unpublished, written over the last thirty five years by one of Ireland's greatest writers. It includes work adapted from earlier novels, short stories and radio plays.
The stories have an indolent strength, a sombreness, a sense of necessity* Guardian *
In you, together with the beginner, is the old hand. * Samuel Beckett *
Text hardly comes more real than this. * Irish Times *
In you, together with the beginner, is the old hand. * Samuel Beckett *
Text hardly comes more real than this. * Irish Times *
Aidan Higgins was born in 1927. Langrishe Go Down, his first novel, won the James Tait Black memorial Prize and the Irish Academy of Letters Award, and was later filmed for television with a screenplay by Harold Pinter. His second novel, Balcony of Europe, was shortlisted for the 1972 Booker Prize. The novel Lions of the Grunewald appeared in 1993 and a collection of shorter fiction, Flotsam and jetsam, in 1996. Donkey's Years and Dog Days were the first two volumes of the Higgins Bestiary which concludes with this volume.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780749396961 |
| ISBN 10 | 0749396962 |
| Title | Flotsam And Jetsam |
| Author | Aidan Higgins |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1997-01-27 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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